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MS. Chandra Shum Shere d. 326

MSS. Chandra Shum Shere d.

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Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: paper

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Donated by Mahārāja Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana in 1909.

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.326(1)

Contents

MALLĀRIMĀHĀTMYA, from the Kṣetrakhaṇḍa of the Brāhmaṇḍa Purāṇa. Probably copied from an incomplete MS.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 90 fols

Layout

7/9 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 637, p. 223
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 185

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.326(2)

Contents

SKANDA PURĀṆA: Brahmottara Khaṇḍa. Defective.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 62 fols

Layout

15/17 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

History

Origin: 1622 (first folio modern)

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 515, p. 188
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 316

MS.Chandra Shum Shere d.326(3)

Contents

PAÑCAKROṢAYĀTRĀ, from the Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Support: Paper
Extent: 35 fols

Layout

7/8 lines

Hand(s)

Devanagari

Bibliography

    Brockington, Epics and purāṇas, no. 613, p. 216
    Gambier-Parry and Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 131

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Bodleian Libraries' unpublished card catalogue for otherwise-undescribed manuscripts, available in the Charles Wendell David Reading Room.

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions). Contact specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    John Brockington, A descriptive catalogue of the Sanskrit and other Indian manuscripts of the Chandra Shum Shere collection in the Bodleian Library, Part II: Epics and Purāṇas, Jonathan Katz (editor), (Oxford, 1999), no. 637, p. 223; no. 515, p. 188; no. 613, p. 216

    Other descriptions:

    Thomas Gambier-Parry and E. H. Johnston, Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere, fol. 185; fol. 316; fol. 131